Bank
(n.) A bench |
Bank
(n.) A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level |
Bank
(n.) A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine. |
Bank
(n.) The margin of a watercourse |
Bank
(n.) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea |
Bank
(n.) The face of the coal at which miners are working. |
Bank
(n.) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level. |
Bank
(n.) The ground at the top of a shaft |
Bank
(v. t.) To raise a mound or dike about |
Bank
(v. t.) To heap or pile up |
Bank
(v. t.) To pass by the banks of. |
Bank
(n.) A bench, as for rowers in a galley |
Bank
(n.) The bench or seat upon which the judges sit. |
Bank
(n.) The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc. |
Bank
(n.) A sort of table used by printers. |
Bank
(n.) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ. |
Bank
(n.) An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange |
Bank
(n.) The building or office used for banking purposes. |
Bank
(n.) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business |
Bank
(n.) The sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses. |
Bank
(n.) In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw. |
Bank
(v. t.) To deposit in a bank. |
Bank
(v. i.) To keep a bank |
Bank
(v. i.) To deposit money in a bank |
Bank bill
() In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency |
Bank bill
() In England, a note, or a bill of exchange, of a bank, payable to order, and usually at some future specified time. Such bills are negotiable, but form, in the strict sense of the term, no part of the currency. |
Bank book
() A book kept by a depositor, in which an officer of a bank enters the debits and credits of the depositor's account with the bank. |
Bank note
() A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to bearer on demand. |
Bank note
() Formerly, a promissory note made by a banker, or banking company, payable to a specified person at a fixed date |
Bank note
() A promissory note payable at a bank. |
Bank-sided
(a.) Having sides inclining inwards, as a ship |
Bank swallow
() See under 1st Bank, n. |
Department
(v. i.) Act of departing |
Department
(v. i.) A part, portion, or subdivision. |
Department
(v. i.) A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like |
Department
(v. i.) Subdivision of business or official duty |
Department
(v. i.) A territorial division |
Department
(v. i.) A military subdivision of a country |
Double-bank
(v. t.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart. |
Sea bank
() The seashore. |
Sea bank
() A bank or mole to defend against the sea. |
| bank shot | a basketball shot that bounces off of the backboard before passing through the hoop |
| bank | a flight maneuver, aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning), the plane went into a steep bank |
| vertical bank | a bank so steep that the plane's lateral axis approaches the vertical |
| bank closing | act of closing down a bank because of a fiscal emergency or failure |
| bank withdrawal | the withdrawal of money from your account at a bank |
| bank run | the concerted action of depositors who try to withdraw their money from a bank because they think it will fail |
Russian bank
crapette | solitaire with two players using separate packs |
| bank examination | an examination of the affairs and records of a bank by a state or federal bank examiner |
bank martin
bank swallow
sand martin
Riparia riparia | swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks |
bank
bank building | a building in which the business of banking transacted, the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon |
| bottle bank | a place where bottles can be deposited for recycling |
department store
emporium | a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise, commonly part of a retail chain |
| garage service department | a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired |
oyster bed
oyster bank
oyster park | a workplace where oysters are bred and grown |
piggy bank
penny bank | a child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig) |
savings bank
coin bank
money box bank | a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home, the coin bank was empty |
snowbank
snow bank | a mound or heap of snow |
| sperm bank | a depository for storing sperm |
| vault bank vault | a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables |
| department | a specialized sphere of knowledge, baking is not my department, his work established a new department of literature |
bank identification number
BIN
ABA transit number | an identification number consisting of a two-part code assigned to banks and savings associations, the first part shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself |
| bank charter | a charter authorizing the operation of a bank |
| bank statement | a periodic statement prepared by a bank for each client, I wish my bank statement arrived earlier in the month |
department
section | a specialized division of a large organization, you'll find it in the hardware department, she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury |
| academic department | a division of a school that is responsible for a given subject |
anthropology department
department of anthropology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in anthropology |
| art department | the academic department responsible for teaching art and art appreciation |
biology department
department of biology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in biology |
chemistry department
department of chemistry | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in chemistry |
| department of computer science | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in computer science |
economics department
department of economics | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in economics |
English department
department of English | the academic department responsible for teaching English and American literature |
history department
department of history | the academic department responsible for teaching history |
linguistics department
department of linguistics | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in linguistics |
mathematics department
department of mathematics | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in mathematics |
philosophy department
department of philosophy | the academic department responsible for teaching philosophy |
physics department
department of physics | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in physics |
music department
department of music | the academic department responsible for teaching music and music appreciation |
psychology department
department of psychology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in psychology |
sociology department
department of sociology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in sociology |
| business department | a division of a business firm |
advertising department
advertising division | the division of a business that is responsible for advertising |
| editorial department | the department of a publishing business that edits material for publication |
| parts department | the division of a business (e.g. a service garage) that sells replacement parts |
personnel department
personnel office
personnel staff office | the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management |
plant department
building department | the division of a business responsible for building and maintaining the physical plant |
| purchasing department | the division of a business that is responsible for purchases |
sales department
sales division
sales force | the division of a business that is responsible for selling products or services |
| service department | the division of a business that provides customer services |
| government department | a department of government |